Posts tagged “accident”

This is one case in which I was a bit slow to process the information. I heard about this pipeline explosion not too long after it happened, but the seriousness was not immediately apparent to me: Explosion At A US-Canadian Pipeline Sends Oil Prices To $95.17 A Barrel It’s amazing to me how all the stories seem to treat the two deaths as an afterthought: New York, NY (AHN) – Oil prices soared up on Thursday by $4 following an explosion at a pipeline interrupting the supply of the crude oil to the U.S. Midwest from Canada. The fire that broke out late Wednesday cut Canadian oil supplies through the pipelines. Canada provides the U.S. with at least 15 percent… Continue»

In case you haven’t heard, at least 18 people tragically lost their lives in an accident in the Gulf of Mexico: Gulf of Mexico accident kills 18 (CNN) — At least 18 oil workers were killed and seven more were missing after a portable drilling rig crashed into an oil platform during stormy seas in the Gulf of Mexico, the country’s state-owned oil company said Wednesday. According to a statement from Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, 61 workers were rescued from the Gulf after Tuesday’s accident, which also created a gas and oil leak at the site that was not expected to be capped for three to five days. The drill rig was knocked into the platform during a storm in… Continue»